Hi guys, I can't tell you anything more on Airlie but Mackay's marina is intact, though the breakwall has sustained some major damage.

I was very worried that we would take the hit and all looked like we were. We were lucky at the last minute ului turned north and hit Airlie. There's plenty of damage up there. All the power is out and it is expected to be out for acouple of days yet. So there's alot of holiday makers with no food or cash which is needed to buy things as the atms are down with no power.

Tonight the news is reporting that the sewerage system is overflowing and that's now contaminated the water system. It looks that there's about 20 or 30 boats destroyed in and around Airlie. All of these were sitting on moorings.